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thank you. so sanctions on putin and his cronies haven t done much to stop the brutal war on ukraine. so pressure is building on europe to stop funding putin s war machine by banning russian energy imports. so will that happen? particularly in light of these atrocities committed by russian troops in bucha and borodyanka. well, today european union will start negotiating a ban on russian coal, which is a good step. because for the first time, europe breaks the energy taboo on sanctions. but this is not going to hit putin much, because europe every day pays russia around $15 million for the coal it imports. but 450 million for the natural gas it imports and 500 million for the oil it imports. so it is clear that to be effective, energy sanctions must ....
investigation. he was among nine people killed in a mortar attack in a southern city. the reporter was covering a pro-government rally when it came under fire. that was gilles jacquier. nigeriians have been on a strike the past few days protesting a doubling in the fuel. a fuel subsidy was removed. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos at cnn london. aim andrew stevens in hong kong. here are the top stories this thursday, january 12th. japan stands side by side with the u.s. with a pledge to cut its imports of iranian oil. a breakthrough for some, a gimmick to others. can tvmakers really convince us that 3d is the way to go? we ll hear the hard sell from the las vegas electronics show. and monuments to capitalism or hashi iharbingers of economi what the skyscraper tells us about boom and bust. japan says it s prepared to reduce the april of oil it imports from the re ....